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J. PATRICK.

WIRE FENCE GATE. I No. 496,485. Patented May 2 1893.

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

WIRE-FENCE GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 496,485, dated May 2,1893.

Application filed September 29, 1892. Serial No. 4471 1 (N0 model-l Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN PATRICK, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at East Wheatland, in the county of Will and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WireFence Gates, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencethereon, forming a part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1. is aside elevation showing the gate closed and locked. Fig. 2. is a detailview showing the latch or locking mechanism. Fig. 3. is a perspectiveview of a section of the gate bar showing the means for attaching thewires of the gate thereto. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the hookedlever for connecting and looking the gate to the latch post, and Fig. 5is a front view of a section of the latch post, and of the locking leverand its supporting arm.

This invention relates to certain improvements in gates for use in wirefences, particularly barbed wire fences, where it is-desirable to have agateway between two fields, and in which the wires of the fence may formthe bars of the gate.

Referring to the drawings A may represent the hinge post of the gate, Bthe latch post, D a vertical bar to which the free ends of the wires Ware attached, the opposite ends of the wires W being attached to thehinge post A by means of staples or other suitable means so that thewires may swing laterally in their said fastenings, the said wiresforming the gate proper.

P is a plate securely attached to the latch post B at one side at aboutthe center of the gate. Said plate has its inner body portion formed toextend at right angles with the gate to a distance equal to thethickness ofthe gate bar D, and is also formed to have the forwardlyextending arm P, to the outer end of which, and to its outer side ispivotally connccted the lever L at C. The outer side of said arm P isformed with a beveled or inclined face at its point of contact with saidlever as shown at r, for they purpose of throwing the outer end of saidlever away from the gate and post B when said lever is raised, as shownin broken lines in Fig. 5, so that the said lever will not come incontact with the gate or said post when it is raised and lowered. Saidlever L terminates at its inner. end in the upturned hook J, and at itsouter end in the upturned lateral hook H.

D is a vertical bar having secured to it at one side the eye straps a towhich the free ends of the gate wires W are attached. These straps arebent at right angles at their outer ends for extending around behindsaid bar so that great tension of saidwires will not detach them fromsaid bar. Said bar D has also secured to it at one side and at about thecenter of the gate, the strap S having its forward extending endterminated by the lateral hook S which at its outer end extends downwardand rearward as shown particularly in Fig. 2. When it is desired toclose the gate, and lock it closed, the lever Lis elevated at its outerend so that the hook J at its opposite or inner end mayhook into thehook S of the strap S as shown particularly in Fig. 2. The outer end oflever L is then brought down so as to bring the gate bar D up betweenthe post B and arm P and bring the gate wires WV up taut, and the hook Hon the outer end of said lever is hooked under one of the gate wires Was shown in Fig. 1 to hold the gate closed and looked as shown in saidfigure. Sucha gate may be constructed at any place throughout the lengthof a wire fence by simply cutting the wires at one end of a fence panel,connecting the cut off or free ends to such a bar as D provided with ahook S, and applying the hooked lever to the latch post B, substantiallyas shown. Said lever L is provided with a number of holes a for thepurpose of changing its point of fulcrum to accommodate it to the lengthof the gate as may be found necessary.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is as follows, to wit:

1. The combination of the posts A and B, wires W connected to post A,gate bar D, straps afor connecting said bar and wires, strap S havingits outer end terminated by the lateral hook S and connected to said barD, plate P secured to post B and having its inner end terminated by thearm 1? having the inclined portion 4', and lever L pivoted to arm P andhaving the hooks H and J all arranged to operate substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

2. In a wire fence gate the combination of the lateral hook S secured tothe gate the arm RP, secured to the latch post 13, and the lever Lpivoted to the outer end of said arm IO and having the hooks H and Jsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN PATRICK. Witnesses:

THos. H. I-IUTOHINS, RAY IIUToHINs.

